The meeting with Frederick Henry, who was the ruler of a country and the chief of the coachman at sea, did not make him wary and respectful...... Not to mention the four European monarchs I had seen before, even the house of the Earl of Stratford, who had been to by Hong Xuguan, was more luxurious than his official residence!

In addition to Frederick Henry, there is also the leader of the Southeastern Province.

Frederick Henry was a Dutch statesman and military commander who ruled the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and his titles included Prince of Orange and Earl of Nassau.

He had outstanding military talents, and he made great contributions to the Netherlands in the decisive struggle against Spain. In 1625 he began to lead the armies of the entire United Provinces. This army conquered the Spanish cities of Quegrolo (1627), 's-Hertogenbosch (1629), Maastricht (1632), Breda (1637), Ghent (1644), and Hust (1645).

To force concessions from Spain, Frederick Henri entered into an alliance with France in 1635. He led the preparations for the signing of the final peace treaty with Spain. Thanks to the efforts of Frederick Henry, the Netherlands finally achieved independence by concluding a treaty with Spain, the Netherland-Spanish Peace Treaty, which gave it the right to fight for so long.

During the reign of Frederick Henry, the Netherlands' power and influence were at their peak.

He doesn't talk about enjoyment until his career is finished!

The conversation between the two sides was frank and friendly, and first of all, Hong Xuguan handed over a personal letter from the leader of the Southeast Province to the Dutch leader, expressing his cordial greetings to the Dutch, focusing on friendship and trade. (Similar letters, every red-haired leader has)

Frederick Henry expressed his gratitude for the friendship and openness of trade between the Chinese.

"What I never expected was that after we finished the war, trade would reach a new level!" Frederick Henry expressed satisfaction.

The southeast province is committed to the trade between the east and the west, standardizing trade, establishing a credit system, collecting taxes reasonably, protecting the interests of merchants coming and going, providing preferential maintenance of ocean-going vessels, ensuring the safety of shipping lanes, etc., so that the trade volume between the east and the west has increased year by year.

Everyone reviewed the bilateral relationship and unanimously expressed that they would actively promote trade and make money together!

The day was a great success, and Frederick Henry feasted the Chinese, and the dishes were nothing more than bread (not as good as the small white bread of Paris), cheese, and grilled fish (fish from the near sea is not worth much), which was comparable to the four dishes and one soup in the southeastern province.

During the feast, Frederick Henry said to Costet: "I can't imagine that you are in such a high position in the Southeastern Mansion, and it seems that your leader does have vision. ”

Kostet smiled slightly: "Yes, the leader has given me a very high salary, thank you for the exercise in my hometown in the Netherlands!" ”

Frederick Henry was generous and did not accuse Kostide of betraying the Netherlands.

"Mr. Costet has helped us a lot, and he has also advised the leader that we should have good relations with Europe and develop trade, and the leader has adopted his advice. ”

"That's good, that's good!" Frederick Henry said.

The next day, under the supervision of Frederick Henry, the signing ceremony of the bilateral friendly trade agreement was completed.

At this point, the main task of Hong Xuguan's visit to Europe was completed, and the next step was to wait for the opening ceremony of the embassies in various countries, and he set up embassies in each of the five countries, and each sent three people to provide envoys, handle relevant documents, visas, and so on, promote trade between the East and the West, and of course, spy intelligence.

All the officers and men of the visiting Dutch fleet went ashore on leave, and three hard-working ships were towed ashore for repairs and maintenance, removing epiphytic marine animals from the bottom of the ships, and repairing damaged places.

It was a happy time, the visiting fleet chartered several hotels, organized tours for the crew, saw the local scenery, and tasted the local cuisine.

Amsterdam, the pride of the Dutch, has hundreds of large and small waterways, connected by thousands of bridges, roaming the city, bridges are crisscrossed, rivers are vertical and horizontal, and the water surface is sparkling like satin, like a spider's web.

On the seashore and beside the canal, there are countless windmills, the largest of which is several stories high, 20 meters, and some of them are made of wooden planks made from whole trees.

The Netherlands is also called a low-lying country because of its low terrain and low sea level, and it is necessary to use windmills to continuously absorb and drain water to protect the land from sinking and man-made fish and turtles.

When it comes to windmill making and machinery, there is something unique about the Dutch.

The officers of the Southeastern Province acted as spies to learn about this knowledge, and as a result, the enthusiastic Dutch overturned and did not keep the ----- the two sides were separated by half a world.

At that time, there was no concept of patent protection.

The Netherlands, is the homeland of tulips, it is regarded as a symbol of victory and beauty, but in recent years, tulips have made the Dutch cry wet, they have experienced the failure of tulip speculation, when the whole people fried tulips, and at the highest price, a delicate tulip flower was worth 6,700 guilders, which could buy a mansion by the canal in Amsterdam, or a full 27 tons of cheese, while the average Dutch person earns only 150 guilders a year!

Of course, after the bubble burst, the price of tulips plummeted, leaving the Netherlands with chicken feathers and the general public suffering heavy losses!

The Chinese in the Netherlands enjoy tasting Dutch cheese, its cheese industry began in the 9th century, after years of evolution, the taste of good remains, the taste of Dutch cheese is irresistible, that faint, sweet feeling, even the picky Chinese are conquered!

Off the coast of the Netherlands, seafood processing into food has its own unique characteristics, and the Chinese people enjoy it happily.

Of course, don't forget to work, the visiting fleet will bring silk, spices, tea, porcelain, toffee and other public auction sales, make huge profits!

A pound of fine spices can earn a pound of gold, a pound of tea can earn a pound of silver, the Dutch flock to it, even the British across the sea have heard the news, everyone bids together, so that the Chinese can make a lot of money.

Before coming, a lot of thought was put into packing the goods carefully and moisture-proof, and the quality was better than what the Dutch brought back.

Taking this opportunity, the visiting fleet invited the Dutch related industries to participate in the establishment of the standard of goods in the East!

For example, tea is divided into three grades, which are classified and judged by strips, whole pieces, color, clarity, aroma, taste, soup color, and leaf bottom, and three grades of different tea leaves are displayed, which are written on paper and become the standard!

At the same time, the types of oriental tea are introduced, which are divided into black tea, green tea, white tea, dark tea, yellow tea and flower tea, various brands, and take the road of brand.

In this way, it was warmly welcomed by the Dutch, who had previously established a tea guild to use it as a standard to judge the grade of tea and avoid selling inferior goods at a high price.

Hong Xuguan personally attended the judging meeting, and he declared: "Establish standards, to correct the public, to promote the beautiful products of the East to everyone, and enjoy a better life!" ”

The arrival of Chinese connoisseurs completely determined the brand and grade of oriental goods, which brought great benefits to the promotion of trade between the East and the West!

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